Monthly Archives: December 2020

Library Winter Break Schedule

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All Durham Tech Libraries will be closed starting Monday, December 20 and plan to reopen on Monday, January 4, 2021. If you need to return a loaner laptop, please wait until the library reopens instead of putting it in the book return (as stated on the loaner agreement form).

Both in-person and virtual library services will be unavailable for Winter Break starting Monday, December 20. The Library plans to reopen and have services resume Monday, January 4. 

Need a loaner laptop or internet access for the Spring semester? Read over the options for computer and internet assistance and fill out the Spring 2021 Computer Request form. Students will be contacted by Maggie West, Coordinator of Student Wellness and Basic Needs, to review their application.

Unable to return your loaner laptop before Winter Break? Return it January 4 to a library staff member. Do not put it in the return boxes outside. 

Need to return a book while the library is closed? Feel free to return it to the return boxes outside. We’ll check them in when we reopen. 

Need to fill out your 2020 reading challenge forms? Check out this blog post for more info.

Impatient for the 2021 Read Great Things categories? Well, you’ll have to wait until January 1 (hint hint check this blog). 

Have a nice break and stay safe! 

Out Loud in the Library – Read Great Things with Meredith Lewis

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Are you participating in the Read Great Things Challenge? Have you heard of it before? Are you interested in participating next year? Wondering why we started a reading challenge at Durham Tech? 

Learn all these things and more on our last podcast episode of the year! I interview Meredith Lewis, OCC Librarian, and we talk about the reading challenge, why reading can be good for you, and what she is reading right now. 

Click here to listen

Durham Tech Food Pantry– Donate on behalf of your colleagues, friends, or just because

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Give the gift of giving! Show your colleagues you care by donating on their behalf to the Campus Harvest Food Pantry. A $25 gift provides 5 students with a large grocery bag of food and a bag of fresh produce. A $50 gift provides a 6-serving frozen family meal to 6 students. A $100 gift provides a large bag of groceries, fresh produce, a frozen family meal. and personal and household hygiene items for up to 7 students. A $250 gift provides a large bag of groceries, fresh produce, a frozen family meal, personal and household hygiene items, kid-friendly snacks, and diapers to 15 students.

The Durham Tech Campus Harvest Food Pantry has launched the Give the Gift of Giving campaign. Durham Tech employees, show your co-workers that you are thinking of them this holiday season by making an online gift to the food pantry on their behalf.

To participate in the Gift of Giving campaign, complete the Foundation’s Online Giving Form and put your colleague’s name in the Tribute Information box. In the Additional Information comment box, indicate if you would prefer that your colleague receive a festive mailed letter or email to inform them that you have contributed to the food pantry on their behalf.

Want to donate on behalf of someone who is not a Durham Tech employee?
Complete the Foundation’s Online Giving Form and put your someone’s name in the Tribute Information box. In the Additional Information comment box, indicate if you would prefer that they receive a festive mailed letter or email to inform them that you have contributed to the food pantry on their behalf. Make sure to include their mailing or email address in the Additional Information box. 

Just want to donate to our awesome and hard-working Campus Harvest Food Pantry? Complete the Foundation’s Online Giving Form and select the Food Pantry as your designation. 

Check out our Food Pantry donation video to learn how the pantry has been safely serving students with expanded services and its impact on students’ lives.

Out Loud in the Library- Episode 4 with Jes Dormady

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Hello, hello, hello! A new episode of Out Loud in the Library: A Durham Tech Library Podcast has been published today!

I interviewed Jes Dormady about the Campus Harvest Food Pantry. Listen to the episode to hear how the food pantry has adjusted to Covid-19, what kinds of items are available at the pantry, and the best way to support the important work they are doing. Freezer, anyone?

And, as always, episode transcripts are available on our podbean site. 

And, since you’re already listening to podcasts, head over to the Let’s Chat: Careers and Career Services podcast published by Durham Tech Career Services. They published a ton of episodes in November and created a robust resource for anyone exploring different careers. They interviewed one of my good friends, Erin Holmes, Systems Integration Librarian, so in my totally unbiased opinion that’s the best episode.